
2016 W2T Poundcake
July 29, 2016, 5g in 80ml gaiwan. [4.5] Smoky, smoke on wet leaf too. Medium+ thickness. Can taste the stir fry. Char. Sweet and smoky “Lapsang Souchong” taste for the...
July 29, 2016, 5g in 80ml gaiwan. [4.5] Smoky, smoke on wet leaf too. Medium+ thickness. Can taste the stir fry. Char. Sweet and smoky “Lapsang Souchong” taste for the...
Aug 10, 5.5g/80ml pot [3.5] Dry leaf: overripe fruit and smoke. Damp leaf: very fruity, apricot-peach-mango-strawberry Wash: Very light bitter arrival, salivating finish, not resembling puerh, more like a tisane....
July 26, 2016. 6g in 90ml gaiwan. [5.2] Darker fruity leather aroma Savoury salty wash, drying, with long aftertaste, no smoke, proper. Yellow peach colour, nice savoury, not too bitter,...
July 25, 2016, 5g/70ml gaiwan, [7.6] Silvery leaves among dark ones, medium compression. Tomato sauce on damp leaf. Nice wash, medium thickness, feel going down, some activity soft texture. Wildflower, pungent honey,...
5g/70ml gaiwan. [5.5] This strikes me as a more normal young sheng than e.g. the Head, Mystic, Tuhao, all of which had oolong tendencies (though this may be due to...
5g/80ml unglazed pot, sample from Wilson (2006 Tian Jian Wild), [5.9] The dry leaf has a really intense aroma of furniture/camphor/wood oils/dried figs/aged whisky/smoky sausage. No wet or fungal smell...
5g/70ml gaiwan [5.0] Lots of silvery tips visible among the dark green-black leaves. Fruity sweet aroma on the dry leaf. No smoke discernible on the warmed damp leaf. An unmistakable...
July 22, 2016, 5g/70ml gaiwan [7.0] Thanks to Cwyn’s pointing out Wilson’s new shop Adventure in Every Cup, I bought a factory cake, a 2009 Dayi 7542. I was encouraged by...
July 29, 2016 5g gaiwan, [5.5] Much more subdued experience this time around. Tasted against the poundcake 2016 and the latter was bigger and pushed Tyler out of the way....
July 20, 2016 5g 70ml gaiwan [6.8] Wash light pleasant, active in mouth. Aroma is usual young sheng, with bit more basement. Salivating more than for Into the Mystic. ...